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Leicester 1 Albion 2
Saturday 7th November 2009, 5:12PM GMT.
Graham Dorrans and Gonzalo Jara struck from distance to give Albion an impressive victory at the Walkers Stadium.
Dorrans drilled a low free-kick through a group of bodies on 36 minutes and Jara lashed in a vicious shot for his first goal in English football five minutes before half-time.
That made him the 15th different Albion scorer this season and the superb Chilean played his part in a fine rearguard effort, as the Foxes applied the pressure late on and scored through Bruno Berner.
Albion dominated the opening half-hour but their best two chances fell to Luke Moore, who was unable to convert.
First the striker latched on to a fine through-ball from Graham Dorrans and peeled away from Wayne Brown but delayed his shot, allowing the left-back to make up lost ground and make a timely block.
Moore had an even better chance on 18 minutes. Chris Brunt, who was recalled in favour of Filipe Teixeira, lofted the ball down the line to the feet of Gianni Zuiverloon.
The Dutchman beat Brown and pulled the ball back for Moore, but the striker sent his shot too close to goalkeeper Chris Weale.
Leicester began to find their feet, only to be stunned twice in the final nine minutes of the first half.
First Matthew Oakley fouled Jerome Thomas 20 yards out and Dorrans struck a low free-kick that looked to take a slight deflection past Weale.
Four minutes later Jara was given too much space to stride into the Leicester half a whack an unstoppable shot past the home goalkeeper.
But Leicester should have been level within a minute of the restart, as Matty Fryatt got the better of Jonas Olsson and Jara to cross for the unmarked Paul Gallagher, who missed a sitter from a couple of yards.
Albion could have wrapped up the win before the hour-mark but Brunt send a tricky header wide from Dorrans’ free-kick, while Weale turned a Jerome Thomas shot around the post.
But the Foxes piled on pressure late on as they searched for a way back into the match and Albion were forced into some resolute defending.
Moore was denied a goal with 11 minutes remaining when his clever lob from just inside the box beat Weale but hit the bar.
The home side did pull one back four minutes into stoppage time, when goalkeeper Scott Carson could only parry Gallagher’s free-kick and Berner forced home the rebound.
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Great result on a day when most other results have gone our way. Even more impressive is a look at the bench, quality players that can’t get into the side and hopefully Miller and Morrison to come back in the new year.
I see the phoney war is over for the Wolves, welcome to the Premier League. Luckily Arsenal were missing nine first teamers so it kept the score down a bit.
PS. Just saw Wolves game on MOTD. One question. Is this the first PL match to be played on a Subutteo pitch?
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This is a class result, make no mistake about that. Shame Cox was firing blanks, but I’m not too worried if the goals keep coming from midfield, because when your forwards do start scoring, it’s a bonus. I really can’t see anything other than automatic promotion.
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awesome just awesome,best display of season thus far,nobody will touch us on that form,aye boing boing GOING UP IN STYLE THE DI MATTEO WAY OHHHHHHHHHHHHH YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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Wot a fantasic day yesterday,it cudent have gone any better,drove to the walkers parked up nice n easy had couple of pints brilliant display of football from the lads driving home goals flying in at the moll all in the right direction,half price fish n chips from new chippy by college, fridge full of beer,oh aint it great being a baggie fan,aye boing boing IM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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5 Sir Terry.
Just been over on the dark side. To say that the natives are restless is like saying Simon Cowell thinks John and Edward are the next big thing. You must not post anything on there or we may have suicides on our hands.
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AND THE STRYPES GO MARCHING ON ,IN STYLE.WELL DONE YOU BAGGIES.
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fantastic performance,dorrans and jara pure class.our young squad is starting to gel nicely,shame we got a break the way weem playing,goals being scored from everyone,carsons turn next…and to top a great weekend the dingles get a football lesson,,lovely jubbly.DINGLES DOWN BY XMAS,,,,,WHY WE GO UP IN STYLE THE DI MATTEO WAY,,OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH YES..
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Leicester 4-4-2 to start with. Preston 4-5-1 Coventry 4-5-1 Swansea second half 4-5-1. Has the penny dropped?
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Great performance on Saturday.
We really should’ve been well out of site by half time, and I’m not gunner have a go at Luke Moore because he played well and at least he was in the right place to have chances to score on Saturday. 4 points clear of 3rd and looking much strong at the minute…….long may it continue!!
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Good win but lets not get carried away they are a newly promoted side from League 1. We have got some quality players for this level but also a few who are just not good enough.
Why are so many albion fans obsessed with Wolves? They were playing the form side in Europe we had a win at Leicester, lets concentrate on trying to get promotion.
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No 11
Good post Fellow BAGGIE its going well at the minute- lets just keep going and collecting points(and pints) on the way nothing is ever won by November— BUT COME MAY TIME THEN WE WILL SHOVE IT DOWN EVERYBODY ELSE THROATS BOING BOING
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A great shame that most Albion fans on here are more obsessed with what Wolves are doing than their own team. Wouldn’t it be better if we had all our local teams in the top flight like the good old days rather than the ‘money bags’ clubs from the north and south?
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11 Shadrag.
I’m not obsessed with Wolves, I hope you can stay up so that we can have the dreamed of Black Country derby in the PL.
The schadenfreude that myself and other Baggies are enjoying is brought about by a number of arrogant Dingles like yourself that give Wolves fans such a bad name.
You came up boasting that you would show us how it’s done, despite managing one previous Prem season. Burnley, like Hull and Wigan before them have got off to a bit of a flyer. It won’t last but you haven’t even managed to do that.
The fixture compilers gave you a very kind start to the season but you’ve failed to take advantage of it.
You’ve spent the summer telling us that you’ve bought Prem quality players, unlike us. Where are they? I think you meant Milijas, Mairhofer, Zubar and Doyle. Not as easy as it seems is it?
If I remember correctly Ebanks-Blake and Kightly were going tp rip the Prem apart, I’m still waiting.
It gives me no pleasure to see a lot of decent Wolves fans are suffering but I’m enjoying the discomfort you and others of your type are feeling.
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6 TRBH,no chance of me posting anything on dark side today the dingle mods only let me post when we lose,aye boing boing
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last season whilst wearing my baggie coat, waiting at the bus stop going home from work. I stood amongst a few dingle men who were eager to remind me that we were only one place above them, hope to see em tonight at the bus stop boing boing
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Jodie let me know next time there in the bus stop and i will come n rescue you from those savages,aye boing boing xxx
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16 – Jodie, I was waiting at a bus stop wearing my Baggie trousers, when I was accustomed by a group of sunglass wearing cockney folk who wouldn’t stop singing at me!!
I couldn’t believe it, it was madness I tell you!!
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18 Ned.
How bizarre. I was at a bus stop the other day wearing a pair of enormous comedy false breasts and my Baggies socks, when a suntanned bloke with a six pack started singing to me. It was Insania I tell you.
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19 – Bully.
Well, strangely enough, on another occasion when I was waiting for the Metro, I was wearing my East 17 T-shirt.
Whilst stood there, I was set upon by 4 Mancunians who were singing songs about having a little patience or something.
I fought back and managed to overpower the 4 guys in question, and I remember shouting at the fleeing rotters; ‘TAKE THAT!!’
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They wasent there last night lads, will get em another time boing boing
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